Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

The mammalian elongation complex has remained a mystery – until researchers discovered how it controls its speed.

Scientists have pinpointed precise regions in the human genome where DNA is most likely to develop a mutation.

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

A study reveals how the essential red blood cell transcription factor KLF1 recognizes DNA. Using precise measurements in test ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

One person’s junk is another’s treasure. An international team of scientists have found that strings of “junk” DNA in the human genome that were previously written off as having no useful function are ...

What scientists once dismissed as junk DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new international study reveals that ancient viral DNA buried in our genes plays an active ...